Ecclesiastes 8:4

8:4 Surely the king’s authority ¹  is absolute; ² 

no one can say ³  to him, “What are you doing?”

Romans 1:16

The Power of the Gospel

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. ⁴ 

Romans 1:2

1:2 This gospel ⁵  he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Colossians 4:7

Personal Greetings and Instructions

4:7 Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave ⁶  in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. ⁷ 

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “word.”

[8:4]  ² tn Heb “supreme.”

[8:4]  ³ tn Heb “Who can say…?”

[1:16]  ⁴ sn Here the Greek refers to anyone who is not Jewish.

[1:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “the gospel of God, which he promised.” Because of the length and complexity of this sentence in Greek, it was divided into shorter English sentences in keeping with contemporary English style. To indicate the referent of the relative pronoun (“which”), the word “gospel” was repeated at the beginning of v. 2.

[4:7]  ⁶ tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.

[4:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “all things according to me.”